WorldWaypoint
Worldwaypoint is a free service to keep track of all your favorite places in any location of the world. Instead of lengthy explanation of how to get there just create a waypoint and tell your friends to go to the unique url on worldwaypoint.com or put the coordinates into a GPS machine to guide you along the route.Export Waypoints
Waypoints can be exported so you can conveniently use in your devices or
applications. There are 2 types of data files;
KMZ
is a file used in Google Earth and Google Maps. See
sample here
, the other is
CSV
which is a comma-separated values normal text file. It can be converted to be used on Garmin GPS
device using
POI Loader.
You can export tagged waypoints by select any tag from the left Tags menu or from
Account > My then select file type on the upper right hand.
Trip Planner
Going somewhere ? It pays off to plan in advance. First search or create all your destinations. Then select create new trip from the Trip Planner menu where you specify the start date and end date. Then add destinations to your sessions. Finally click Print Itinerary to download your PDF file. Try this San Francisco trip to see for yourselfHow can I find Latitude and Longitude ?
If you know the address of the location, go to Google Maps , enter the address in the search box and clickSearch Maps
Hover your mouse over the location and note the pair of number that show up
The first number is Latitude and the latter is Longitude. In this example Latitude is -36.84312 and the Longitude is 174.76547. If you don't see the tooltip then you might need to log in to you Google account and click on the green jug with the word
New
that will take you to Google Maps Labs where you can enable LatLng Tooltip
Google Adsense
Worldwaypoint member with Google Adsense account can enter their code onto their waypoint pages. Selectaccount tab and click on adsense
to enter your code. You get 100% of any clicks from the ads.
Visit
Help Page
for more information